list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

Hurray for Netflix (sort of)! And HBO for allowing me to see all those bad movies I didn't want to pay much of anything for.

Recently I've been on a bad and goofy movie streak.:

Ghost Rider:  WOW! It was even worse than it looked.  The Marvel company seems to be good at putting out tons of their comics into half-assed movies like the Hulk, Fantastic Four, and Ghost Rider.  Nicolas Cage was pretty funny (although he was trying so hard to be good).  Provided some good laughs at the overall very very terrible flick.  2/10

Teeth: A girl proponent of God and Celibacy finds out she has some teeth in her Vag.  that will bite stuff.  A pretty well done grossout/horror type flick.  It was very entertaining.  8/10

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: This was one of two Smith movies I avoided for a while for some reason.  Having watched both Even With Kevin Smith movies my interest was peaked.  So, I rented it, enjoyed it.  8/10

Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny:  I caught this on HBO the other day.  I own it.  This was the 5th time I watched it in a year.  Its a beautiful film.  16/10.

Ratatouille: I don't know if my spelling is right, but I think we all know the movie I'm talking about.  It followed the basic disney plot, but it was still pretty good.  Good laughs, and I wasn't tired of the nonw over abused pixar animation style.  8/10

Brick: Saw this last night, finally.  It was very well done.  I liked the noir style set in a high school setting.  Gordon Levitt was good too.  9/10

whoah! what happened to all the posts that were here? they get deleted or something?

Edited by mithrandir - May 14 2008 at 19:36

Iron Man. I'll give it a 8.5/10 right now but I'm not sure how much of my enjoyment was because of my fond childhood memories of the cartoon.

avalanchemaster wrote: okay let me try to recapture what I originally said: The Golden Compass- 8/10- I really enjoyed this one, even though it is clearly geared towards children.... I just bought the trilogy of books that the movie is based on (the Dark Materials), and cannot wait to dive into them now that the summer is here and school is over for me. I think it is hilarious that the religious right was up in arms about this film, trying to boycott it because they think it is anti-god.....haha, yeah right!

mithrandir wrote: Pnoom! wrote: avalanchemaster wrote: okay let me try to recapture what I originally said: The Golden Compass- 8/10- I really enjoyed this one, even though it is clearly geared towards children.... I just bought the trilogy of books that the movie is based on (the Dark Materials), and cannot wait to dive into them now that the summer is here and school is over for me. I think it is hilarious that the religious right was up in arms about this film, trying to boycott it because they think it is anti-god.....haha, yeah right!   I didn't see the movie because it got crap reviews, but I can tell you that the book itself is pretty clearly atheist at heart, not that children would be able to pick up on that.   I'd hope children who would read this would get the impression that there's more to the universe and creation than a simple monotheistic explination,   the movie wasn't horrible, the setting, Daemons, specFX, and actors were pretty well done, but they completely messed up the flow of the film, and totally left out the true ending, a shame....its funny cause people at first were blaming the director(Chris Weitz), but he stated it wasn't his fault...he intended the timeline to follow the book and to include the proper ending,  it was the execs that came in and edited it to hell, they also had a few unreleased scenes up on a site I saw where they indeed had much of the proper ending filmed....my GF and I think they shouldn't have even attempted to do a film adaptation of His Dark Materials to begin with, Not even sure how they would make a commercially sucsessful movie the the 2nd part "The Subtle Knife" since there really isn't that much action or dazzling moments that could be filmed and would drive audiences to the theaters...unless they forced a bunch of crap that just isn't there....lame,

thanks man.  ifl,

BroSpence wrote: Hurray for Netflix (sort of)! And HBO for allowing me to see all those bad movies I didn't want to pay much of anything for. Recently I've been on a bad and goofy movie streak.: Ghost Rider:  WOW! It was even worse than it looked.  The Marvel company seems to be good at putting out tons of their comics into half-assed movies like the Hulk, Fantastic Four, and Ghost Rider.  Nicolas Cage was pretty funny (although he was trying so hard to be good).  Provided some good laughs at the overall very very terrible flick.  2/10

Ghost Dog: A very interesting film by Jim Jarmusch. Tells the story of a weird 'samurai' assassin who gets in the middle of mafia business. It effortlessly blends just about every film genre out there; thriller, comedy, drama, mafia, martial arts etc. Lots of interesting philosophical excerpts from Hagakure, the book of the samurai. 8/10

The Seventh Continent: A film by Michael Haneke. Do not watch this if you're depressed. A film about a wealthy Austrian family who suddenly realize how shallow and empty their seemingly comfortable life is. As a result, they take some rather drastic measures to get rid of the problem. The movie offers very little comfort or explanation, the characters are cold and distant. Good for shock value, but it's difficult to be emotional about all of it when the movie is anything but. This was done intentionally though. 7/10

The Science of Sleep: directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). A fun little film about a boy who wanders off to his own dreamworld all the time and has difficulties separating reality from it. The basic premise is not all that original (the whole 'boy meets girl' fare), but as we spend most of the movie in the dreamworld, it becomes fascinating and fun to watch. Nowhere near as convincing as Eternal Sunshine... but certainly worthy of viewing if you liked that movie. Charlie Kauffman could have spiced up the movie a little bit though... 8/10

The Hole - 7/10
Good, original, psychological/thriller. Some good twists, interesting characters and plot. Great atmosphere. Acting was convincing enough. I liked it.

Resident Evil - 8.5/10
I was skeptical about the film of a game, naturally, but they pulled it off with flying colours. Good underlying themes and action scenes, convincing performances all round, especially from, Milla Jovovich, who is also *mmmf* . Great action/horror film.

TGM: Orb wrote: Resident Evil - 8.5/10 I was skeptical about the film of a game, naturally, but they pulled it off with flying colours. Good underlying themes and action scenes, convincing performances all round, especially from, Milla Jovovich, who is also *mmmf* . Great action/horror film.

Those Resident Evil films are a bit of a guilty pleasure.
It is a well done brainless action movie but it is quite enjoyable if you don't over think or expect something else from it.
What I find interesting is that loyal fans of the game think of it as an abomination like the game has a first rate story anyhow.
And Milla is lovely.


Edited by king of Siam - May 16 2008 at 14:50